The European Union is prepared to regulate cryptocurrencies if the sector continues to remain inherently volatile and present substantial risks to new investors. If these risks are not tackled at the global level, the EU is ready to step in according to the Union’s financial services commissioner. Global Investment Craze Cryptocurrencies are extremely volatile and are prone…

Cryptex markets is an options based crypto exchange providing a social trading functionality to institutional and retail level investors. The platform is based on an end to end encrypted highly secure trading portal with access to Crypto, Forex, Stock, Index and Commodity options. The next step for Cryptex is the issue of the token that is an…

It is no secret that governments around the world are reluctant to fully recognize crypto as legal tender. Nevertheless, its growing popularity, and the increasing adoption of blockchain technology, is a movement that cannot be ignored. This fact has created a quandary for central governments, as they struggle to find a place for decentralized assets…

In the world where blockchain-technologies and cryptocurrency took place we can notice new IT-companies almost everyday. Each of them is trying to find the solution to different problems in the industry, but not all are successful. Still there is an example of success. We are talking about the Russian company called Paymon. Why are they special? In…

DMFX Financials is specialized in the organizing of financial events with the main topics of Trading, Cryptocurrencies, ICOs and the Blockchain technology. The participants are mostly people who would like to invest in these new currencies, without necessarily having a great knowledge of the subject. The “Mini-Conferences” are hosted purposely to have up to 300 attendees or…

The U.S National Security Agency has been secretly spying on the Bitcoin blockchain for over five years now. This is according to classified documents that were released by the infamous U.S whistleblower, Edward Snowden. While at first, the surveillance involved monitoring the decentralized ledger for any criminal elements, the NSA later started gathering information about…

With the announcement of Binance’s relocation to Malta, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, it becomes increasingly clear that Malta is on the best track to become a blockchain hub. This is also evident from the prominence of the first Malta Blockchain Summit, set to take place at Intercontinental in St Julian’s in November 2018. The…

Huawei Technologies Ltd, the Chinese phone maker plans to develop a blockchain-ready smartphone. In a move that could propel the blockchain technology to mainstream adoption, the company is working with Sirin Labs to license the SIRIN OS which will support decentralized applications. The SIRIN Operating System The SIRIN OS is an operating system developed by Sirin Labs…

Although wild value swings are the norm with cryptocurrencies, the last several days have been more volatile than usual due to a series of steps taken by governments across the globe. Bitcoin and altcoin prices, after a slow decline over the past few weeks, have moved wildly based on rumors and speculation that crypto may…

We are used to thinking about "proof-of-work" and "proof-of-stake" as the optimal method for blockchain consensus mechanisms, but there are other ways that blockchain implementations deal with the confirmation and double spending issues. Specifically, in this article, we are going to explore how "Proof of Burn" (PoB) is working out for a cryptocurrency called Counterparty (XCP).…